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Black Skylands has set sail in early access with open world sky piratingStake a claim in the floating islands
Stake a claim in the floating islands
You can catch a good bit of all that combat, in the sky and on land, here in Black Skylands' launch trailer.
Black Skylands Early Access Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube
Black Skylands Early Access Launch Trailer
You’re also able to choose and customise different styles of ship for flying out and about in, whether it’s a light and quick skyship or a hefty one with tons of cargo space. You’ll use that to stake your claim on new territories for your home and bring resources back to your mega big flying Fathership fortress to expand and improve it. I, the Stardew liker, of course have an eye on the fact that you can build ranches and gardens on your Fathership as part of the operation.
Hungry Couch Games acknowledge that they’re blending quite a few genres: a top down shooter and some management bits, and some RPG qualities as well, they say. That’s a large part of their interest in taking a tour through early access, it sounds.
“We are trying to blend together different gameplay mechanics, which means a lot of iterations and experimentation,” they say. “Our desire is to do this with an involved and dedicated player base that we are able to get consistent feedback from.”
Hungry Couch say that Black Skylands currently has about half the content they want in the final game. Its store page isn’t terribly specific on what kinds of new content are planned, but if I were to guess I’d say it may involve more types of ships, weapons, and Fathership upgrades and such. Hungry Couch plan to remain in early access for “up to 12 months” they say.
Black Skylands has launched in early access overon Steamwhere it’s currently discounted 10% to £13.94/€15.11/$17.99 until July 16.
